Prop Store News: Original Cinema Posters Worth Over £200,000 To Be Auctioned

ICONIC & ORIGINAL CINEMA POSTERS AND ARTWORK WORTH OVER £200,000 TO BE AUCTIONED IN THE UK

PROP STORE WILL BE AUCTIONING OVER 340 ORIGINAL CINEMA POSTERS ON THURSDAY 26th MARCH 2020

BIDS CAN BE PLACED ONLINE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BY PHONE OR IN PERSON


AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
- COLLECTIONS FROM STAR WARS PRODUCER, HOWARD KAZANJIAN AND OSCAR-WINNING SPECIAL EFFECTS CINEMATOGRAPHER, RICHARD EDLUND
- POSTERS AND ORGINAL ARTWORK FROM RENOWNED BRITISH COMICS ARTIST, JOCK
- AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MONDO AND SCI-FI POSTERS, INCLUDING A UK QUAD POSTER FROM THE 1951 SCI-FI CLASSIC THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, ESTIMATED TO SELL BETWEEN £11,000 - 13,000
- EXCEEDINGLY RARE E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) “OVER THE MOON” POSTER

Prop Store – one of the world’s leading film and TV entertainment memorabilia companies has today announced it is to hold its fifth cinema poster live auction this March, with the posters and artwork on offer expected to fetch in excess of £200,000 ($261,750). The auction is to be held at Prop Store’s UK headquarters in Hertfordshire. Over 340 rare and sought-after posters and artworks will be sold during Prop Store’s cinema poster auction on Thursday 26th March.

The auction will be live-streamed online for fans to track the bidding on auction day. Items will be available to view by appointment at Prop Store in the run up to the auction, opening for registrations via:
www.propstore.com/posterauction


Top items to be sold at Prop Store’s cinema poster auction include:

    STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE (1977) US One-Sheet Style-A "Printer's Proof" Poster, 1977 £1.5k - 2k (approx. $1,963- 2,618)
    BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) US One-Sheet Poster £200 - 400 (approx. $262 - 524)
    RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) UK Quad "Style-A" Poster, 1981 £50 - 100 ($65 - 130)
    GET CARTER (1971) UK Quad Poster, 1971 £2k - 3k (approx. $2,618 - 3,926)
    E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (1982) US One-Sheet Poster, 1982 £800 - 1,200 (approx. $1,047 - 1570)
    STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE (1977) Special One-Sheet Style Poster, 1976 £1k - £2k (approx. $1308 - 2617)
    GOLDFINGER (1964) US Twenty-Four Sheet £2k - 4k (approx. $2617 - 5235)
    IRON GIANT (1999) Mondo Poster, 2012 £300 - 500 (approx. $392 - 654)
    APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) Mondo Poster, 2015 £300 - £500 (approx. $392 - 654)
    MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) Polish One Sheet, 1973 - First release in Poland £700 - 900 (approx. $916 - 1,177)
    BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN (1967) UK Quad Poster, 1967 £50 - 100 ($65 - 130)
    VERTIGO (1958) US One-Sheet Poster £1k - 2k (approx. $1308 - 2618)
    THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) UK Quad Poster £11k - 13k (approx. $14,398 - $17,015)
    GOLDFINGER (2007) Mondo Poster, 2007 £1.5k - 2.5k (approx. $1,964 - 3272)
    PLANET OF THE APES MOVIES (1968 - 1973) Set of Six Mondo Posters for Alamo Drafthouse, 2011 £500 - 700 (approx. $655 - 916)
    STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) US One-Sheet "Lightsaber" Style Poster, 1983 £50 - 100 ($65 - 130)


The auction is suitable for fans with a variety of budgets with lots ranging from £50-100 (approx. $65-130) to £11,000-13,000 (approx. $14,400-17,000).

Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO, commented on the upcoming auction: “After the success of our James Bond Cinema Poster Auction last year, we are delighted to offer over 340 lots from over 200 films in our forthcoming auction on Thursday 26th March 2020. We have some incredible lots going under the hammer from Star Wars, Bond, and many more iconic movies.”

Mark Hochman, Prop Store’s poster expert said: " Our first cinema poster auction of 2020 includes an impressive collection of popular titles many of which have rarely appeared on the auction market in recent years (if ever) and includes not only original movie posters from around the globe, but artwork and the increasingly collectable area of 'Mondo' posters.  The provenance of this collection is exceptional and our Star Wars selection truly outstanding.”